Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films. His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.

Фільмографія

• Angels in America — Rabbi (uncredited)
• 20014 Faces
• 1999Американський хвіст: Загадка Нічного монстра — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
• 1998Американський хвіст: Скарби острова Мангеттен — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
• Chicago Hope — Rabbi Ben Taubler
• 1991Американський хвіст: Фівел їде на Захід — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
• Закон і порядок — David Steinmetz
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Max Wernick
• 1988Близнята — Mitchell Traven
• 1988Остання спокуса Христа — Rabbi
• J.J. Starbuck
• Зоряний шлях: Наступне покоління — Toff
• L.A. Law — Rabbi Isadore Glickman
• 1986Американський хвіст — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
• MacGyver — Sam Bolinski
• Highway to Heaven
• Hunter — Harold Goodman
• Вона написала вбивство — Constantin Stavros
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• 1983Yentl — Rebbe Mendel
• American Playhouse — Marcus Hoff
• Hotel
• 1982O'Hara's Wife — Dr. Fischer
• 1982St. Helens — Mr. Ellison
• B.A.D. Cats
• Condominium — Conlaw
• 1980F.D.R.: The Last Year — Josef Stalin
• 1980The Henderson Monster — Prof. Leo Tedeschi
• 1980Turnover Smith — Ashmed Amad
• Магнум, приватний детектив — Rabbi Asher Solomon
• 1979A Cry for Justice — Dr. Burke
• 1979In Search of Historic Jesus — Herod Antipas
• Supertrain — Max
• The Facts of Life
• The French Atlantic Affair — Col. Schreiner
• The Rebels — Baron Von Steuben
• 1978A Double Life
• Battlestar Galactica — Eastern Alliance Leader
• 1978Daniel in the Lions' Den — Malimar
• 1978Killing Stone — Earl Stone
• 1978The Making of a President
• The Word — Abbot Petropolous
• Vega$
• 1978Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women — Charles Frohman
• Острів фантазій — Horst Von Stern
• 1977Deadly Harvest — Mort Logan
• Hunter — Sheik Farakbi
• Logan's Run — ASA
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Vladimir
• 1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident — Rudenko
• McNaughton's Daughter — Vinnie Laine
• Quincy, M.E.
• Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II — Charles Dietrich
• 1976Voyage of the Damned — Herr Hauser
• Ангели Чарлі — Anton
• Біонічна жінка
• Baretta
• Barney Miller — Carl Simms, Yacov Berger
• Ellery Queen
• 1975Eric — Dr. Duchesnes
• 1975Psychic Killer — Doctor Gubner
• The Invisible Man — Dr. Leon Barnard
• Диво-жінка — Professor Moreno
• Little House on the Prairie — Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
• 1974The Sex Symbol — Nick Fortis
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Major Popov
• 1974The Stranger Within — Dr. Edward Klein
• 1973Dracula — Dr. Van Helsing
• Police Story
• Purple Playhouse — Dr. Van Helsing
• Cool Million — Karinakis
• 1972Lapin 360
• 1972Lieutenant Schuster's Wife — Champagne Joe Carroll
• 1972Michael O'Hara the Fourth — Artie Moreno
• Search
• The Streets of San Francisco
• McMillan & Wife — Clementa Habib
• 1971Mrs. Pollifax — Spy — Berisha
• 1971Red Sky at Morning — Amadeo Montoya
• The Chicago Teddy Bears
• Коломбо — Jesse Jerome
• 1970Cutter's Trail — Santillo
• Dan August — Leo Cussoni
• McCloud — Perry Cicero
• 1970The People Next Door — Dr. Salazar
• Hawaii Five-O — Harry Cardonus, Winkler, Leo Paoli, Cordell, Victor Palua, Allie Francis
• Love, American Style — Mr. Stone
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Max Behrman, Nick Kolinski
• The Bill Cosby Show — Mr. Byron
• 1969The Girl Who Knew Too Much — Lieutenant Crawford
• Adam-12 — Angelo Covelli
• 1968Escape to Mindanao — Capt. Kramer
• It Takes a Thief — Harry Lavender
• Land of the Giants — Titus
• 1968Panic in the City — August Best
• 1968The Day of the Owl — Pizzuco
• The Mod Squad — Nick Master
• The Name of the Game — Ambassador
• 1968The Power — Carl Melnicker
• 1968The Treasure of San Bosco Reef — Captain Malcione
• The Treasure of San Bosco Reef — Captain Malcione
• Mannix — Anton Wojeska
• The High Chaparral — Homero José
• 1967The Money Jungle — Lt. Dow Reeves
• CBS Playhouse — Dr. Salazar
• Jericho
• Mission: Impossible — Igor Stravos, Phillipe Pereda, Prince Iben Kostas
• Tarzan — Chembe Kunji
• 1966The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones — Skoda
• The Time Tunnel — Prof. Anton Biraki
• 1966Too Many Thieves — Georgi
• Honey West — Faustini
• The Big Valley — General Vicente Ruiz
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — Shemiah
• The Legend of Jesse James — El Carnicero
• The Wild Wild West — Major Hazard, Gen. Andreas Cassinello
• 1964A Global Affair — Under Secretary Segura
• 1964Fate Is the Hunter — Ben Sawyer
• Gilligan's Island
• Агенти U.N.C.L.E. — Valandros
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Alverian
• Burke's Law — Jason Flonder, Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I', Wilhelm Kasimer
• Mr. Novak — Henry Selkirk
• 1963The Hook — Capt. Van Ryn
• Сем Бенедікт
• Ben Casey
• Bus Stop
• 1961The Big Show — Bruno Everard
• 1961The Comancheros — Graile
• The New Breed — Louis Morley
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• Route 66
• 1959Al Capone — Johnny Torrio
• 1959Day of the Outlaw — Dan, Starret's Foreman
• 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls — Pablo
• 1959Green Mansions — Don Panta
• 1959Never Steal Anything Small — Pinelli
• Rawhide — Domingo, Michob
• Startime — Prior Andry
• 1959The Killers of Mussolini — Benito Mussolini
• The Untouchables — Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik, Johnny Fortunato, Waxey Gordon
• Містер Щасливчик
• Сутінкова зона — Carl Lanser
• 1959У джазі тільки дівчата — Little Bonaparte
• Naked City — Barney Peters, Carlos Ruldan, Max Evar, Dominic Venussi, Berco Romanu, Merritt Griffin
• Shirley Temple's Storybook — Ali Baba
• 1958The Badlanders — Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
• 1957Mayerling — Police Officer
• 1957Men in War — Sgt. Lewis
• 1957Street of Sinners — Leon
• 1957The Death of Manolete — Camera
• 1957This Angry Age — Albert Legros
• Wagon Train — Tiburcio Mendez
• Playhouse 90 — Pablo, Prisoners Father
• 1956The Wild Party — Kicks Johnson
• 1956Не та людина — Gene Conforti
• 1956Тим важче буде падіння — Leo
• Playwrights '56
• 1955The Thief — D'Arnault-Olivier
• Альфред Гічкок представляє — Ralph Collins, Jeff Jensen
• Дим зі ствола — Jack Pinto, Mr. Dano, Alex Skouras, Driscoll, Ben Rando, Alejo Etchahoun
• Climax! — Lieutenant Cal Nourse
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Artie Moreno
• 1954У порту — Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1953Marty — The Critic
• The Motorola Television Hour
• The United States Steel Hour — Dr. Arnault / Oliver
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dr. Duchesnes
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Jules Dreise
• Armstrong Circle Theatre
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Ed Kagan

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